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the set of your questionnaires. Do not detach the scratch papers between lines a, b, c and the neutral of a 400-V balanced
from the questionnaires. Avoid unnecessary writings on your answer system. Find the current in the neutral wire.
sheet. GOOD LUCK! ANSWER HONESTLY! A. 34 A C. 17 A
B. 23 A * D. 12 A
EXAM DURATION: 3 hours only
14. A 300 hp load, running at 80% power factor lagging and an
1. A series motor develops 164 N-m of torque when the current is efficiency of 85% is supplied by two transformers connected
94 A. If the load increases the current 50% with the flux open delta. Find the minimum kVA required for each
increase of 20%, calculate the torque at the second value of transformer?
current. A. 180 C. 190 *
A. 232 N-m C. 267 N-m B. 175 D. 165
B. 295 N-m * D. 254 N-m
15. In dc generator, the number of mechanical degrees and
2. What will happen if the back emf of a dc motor vanishes? electrical degrees will be the same when ____.
A. The motor will stop A. rpm is more than 300 C. rpm is less than 300
B. The motor will continue to run B. number of poles is 4 D. number of poles is 2 *
C. The armature may burn *
D. The motor will run noisy 16. A small wind generator has a blade diameter of 36 ft in length. If
the wind velocity 20 kph, determine available power.
3. Two wye-connected identical, synchronous generators operating A. 6 kW * C. 8 kW
in parallel, share equally a 1-MW load at 11 kV and 0.8 lagging B. 10 kW D. 12 kW
power factor. If one machines supplies 40 A at a lagging power
factor. Determine the current of the second machine. 17. A square wire loop 8 cm on a side is perpendicular to a magnetic
A. 28.7 A C. 26.7 A field of 5 mWb/m2. If the field drops to zero in 0.1 s, what
B. 27.8 A * D. 27.6 A average emf is induced in the loop during this time?
A. 0.32 mV * C. 0.43 mV
4. An alternating current of frequency 60 Hz has a maximum value B. 0.50 mV D. 0.25 V
of 120 A. Determine the time to reach 96 A for the first time.
A. 2.68 ms C. 2.46 ms * 18. A 3-phase star connected 20 kW, 0.8 pf load is applied to the
B. 2.24 ms D. 2.91 ms line voltage of 400 V, 3-phase. Calculate the line current.
A. 24 A C. 28 A
5. Which of the following methods is employed for cooling of power B. 36 A * D. 18 A
transformers of rating not exceeding 10 MVA?
A. Air blast cooling C. Natural oil cooling * 19. A synchronous motor running with normal excitation adjusts to
B. Forced air cooling D. Natural air cooling the load increases essentially by increase in ____.
A. back emf C. armature current *
6. Three identical impedances are connected in star to a 3-phase B. power factor D. torque angle
supply of 400 V. The line current is 35 A and the total power
absorbed is 15 kW. Determine the reactance of the circuit per 20. A shunt generator supplies 100 A at 200 V. The driving engine is
phase. developing 32 bhp. Armature resistance 0.1  and shunt field
A. 4.08  C. 6.11  resistance is 50 . Find the iron and friction loss.
B. 3.63  D. 5.18  * A. 1680 watts C. 1880 watts
B. 1770 watts D. 1990 watts *
7. What is the total energy generated by a station in kWh in a year
if its maximum demand and annual load factor is 150 kW and 21. A 13.8 kV/480 V, 30-MVA, three-phase transformer has a 0.03
45% respectively. pu resistance and 0.04 pu reactance. What is the transformer
A. 591,300 * C. 1,314,000 actual impedance referred to the primary?
B. 67,500 D. 2,920,000 A. 0.3174 ohm * C. 0.1587 ohm
B. 0.6348 ohm D. 0.2749 ohm
8. A 550-V 60 Hz 3-phase induction motor has a starting torque of
160% of full load torque If the motor is used on a 440-volt, 60 22. Out of the following losses in dc machine, which of the following
Hz system, what is the starting torque expressed in percent of has the least proportion?
full load values? A. Armature copper loss C. Magnetic losses
A. 102% * C. 112% B. Field copper loss D. Mechanical losses *
B. 104% D. 106%
23. A series RC circuit is to have an initial charging current of 4 mA
9. One-way communication is called ____. and a time constant of 3.6 s when connected to a 120-V dc
A. half duplex C. monocom source. Calculate the value of C.
B. full duplex D. simplex * A. 180 F C. 200 F
B. 150 F D. 120 F *
10. Two resistors R1 and R2 give a combined resistance of 4.5 
when in series and 1  when in parallel. If R1 > R2, solve for R1. 24. A 6-ohm resistor is connected in series with a parallel connection
A. 1.5  C. 2.0  of a 30-ohm resistor and a variable resistor R. The entire circuit
B. 2.5  D. 3.0  * is connected to a 120-V supply. Determine the value to which R
should be adjusted so that the power to the entire circuit is
11. Two single-phase transformers are connected in parallel on both 998.3 watts.
primary secondary. One transformer has a full load resistance A. 12.32 ohms C. 10.25 ohms
drop of 1% and reactance drop of 6%. For the other transformer B. 13.84 ohms D. 11.71 ohms *
the corresponding values are 1.5% and 5% respectively. How
will a load of 155 kW at 0.9 pf leading be shared? 25. Find the power factor if the reading of two wattmeters properly
A. 70 kW, 85 kW D. 76 kW, 79 kW connected to measure power are -0.5 kW and 5 kW respectively.
B. 74 kW, 81 kW * C. 72 kW, 83 kW A. 0.427 * C. 0.412
B. 0.472 D. 0.421
12. High voltage alternators are usually of the rotating field type.
This means the generated voltage is connected ____. 26. A stationary alternator should not be connected to the live bus-
A. through slip rings to the load bar because ____.
B. through slip rings of the rotating field A. it is likely to operate as a synchronous motor
C. directly to load * B. it will get short circuited *
D. directly to rotor C. it will reduce bus-bar voltage
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27. A 3-phase short transmission line is 16 km long. The line has a 40. Those materials are well for making permanent magnets which
per phase series impedance of 0.125 +j0.4375 ohm per km. have ___ retentivity and ___ coercivity.
Determine the sending end complex power when the line A. low, high C. high, high *
delivers 70 MVA, 0.8 lagging power factor at 64 kV. B. high, low D. low, low
A. 58.39 MW + j50.37 MVAR * C. 58.39 MW + j48.52 MVAR
B. 55.25 MW + j36.63 MVAR D. 55.25 MW + j40.29 MVAR 41. A 3-phase 60 Hz line has flat horizontal spacing. The conductors
have a GMR of 0.0133 m with 10 m between adjacent
28. When an electric train is moving down a hill, the dc motor will conductors. Determine the inductive reactance per phase in
operate as a dc ____. ohms per kilometer.
A. series motor C. series generator * A. 0.517  * C. 0.628 
B. shunt motor D. shunt generator B. 0.605  D. 0.582 

29. An 8-pole, three-phase 50-cycle induction motor is taking 50 kW 42. A 2-pole, 50 Hz induction motor has an emf in the rotor the
and running at 725 rpm. The stator losses and frictional losses frequency of which is 2 Hz. Determine the rotor speed.
amount to 1.2 kW and 1.8 kW. Determine rotor copper loss. A. 3000 rpm C. 2880 rpm *
A. 1.56 kW C. 1.63 kW * B. 2940 rpm D. 2910 rpm
B. 1.69 kW D. 1.48 kW
43. In two wattmeter method, the algebraic sum of the readings of
30. The total capacitance of two condensers is 0.03 F when two wattmeters will indicate true power only if ____.
connected in series and 0.16 F when connected in parallel. One A. the load is balance
of the condensers has a capacitance of ____. B. phase sequence remains unchanged
A. 0.15 F C. 0.10 F C. there is no source unbalanced
B. 0.05 F D. 0.12 F * D. neutral wire available does not carry any current *

31. When the field of a synchronous motor is under-excited, the 44. A 3-phase, 318.75 kVA, 2300-V, Y-connected alternator has an
power factor will be ____. armature resistance of 0.35 ohm/phase and a synchronous
A. leading C. lagging * reactance of 1.2 ohm per phase. Determine the no-load line to
B. unity D. zero line generated voltage at full load kVA, 0.6 power factor leading
and rated voltage
32. A short-shunt compound generator delivers 100 A at a terminal A. 2200 V * C. 2463 V
voltage of 200 V. Armature resistance is 0.2 ohm, series field B. 2150 V D. 2254 V
resistance is 0.04 ohm and shunt field resistance is 51 ohms.
Determine the emf generated. 45. The knowledge if diversity factor helps in computing ___.
A. 221.4 V C. 216.2 V A. plant capacity * C. average load
B. 224.8 V * D. 219.6 V B. units (kWh) generated D. peak demand

33. In the Fleming’s left hand rule, when the forefinger points in the 46. The maximum efficiency of a 100 kVA transformer having an
direction of the field or flux, the middle finger point the direction iron loss of 900 W and a full load copper loss of 1600 W occurs
of ____. at ___.
A. current in the conductor * A. 86.3 kVA C. 133.3 kVA
B. resultant force on the conductor B. 67.7 kVA D. 75 kVA *
C. voltage in the conductor
D. rotation of the conductor 47. For which of the following “ampere-second” could be the unit?
A. Reluctance C. Power
34. Coal reserves are estimated to contain 2250 quads of energy. If B. Charge * D. Energy
the energy content of this coal is 11,500 Btu/lb, determine the
approximate weight of the coal reserve in tons. 48. Two coupled coils N1 = 100 and N2 = 800, have a coupling
A. 8.48 x 1010 C. 6.39 x 1010 coefficient k = 0.85. With coil 1 open and a current of 5 A in coil
B. 7.73 x 1010 D. 9.78 x 1010 * 2, the flux is 2 = 0.35 mWb. Find the inductance of coil 1.
A. 5.6 mH C. 5.95 mH
35. A power system is subjected to a fault which makes the zero B. 0.875 mH * D. 1.25 mH
sequence component of current equal to zero. The nature of
fault is ____. 49. In an ordinary transformer which of the following does not
A. double line to ground fault C. double line fault * change?
B. line to ground fault D. three-phase to ground fault A. Voltage C. Current
B. Frequency * D. Impedance
36. A coil has a resistance of 10 ohms at 15C. Find out its
resistance at 30C if the temperature coefficient of resistance at 50. An impedance coil takes 480 W of power and 5 A from a 120 V,
0C is 0.005/C. 50 c/s source. Calculate the inductance of the coil.
A. 10.7 ohms * C. 12.2 ohms A. 14.40 mH C. 45.83 mH *
B. 13.6 ohms D. 11.5 ohms B. 37.18 mH D. 54.29 mH

37. A 50 and 100-microfarad capacitors are connected in series and 51. A transformers that supplies a full wave rectifier delivers 120 V
across a 100 sin (wt + 30°) voltage. Write the equation of the rms on each side of the secondary center tap. What is the direct
current. current through a 50 ohm resistor in amperes?
A. 1.26 sin (wt + 120°) * C. 1.26 sin (wt + 90°) A. 2.73 A C. 2.16 A*
B. 1.65 sin (wt + 60°) D. 1.65 sin (wt + 30°) B. 3.12 A D. 2.29 A

38. Which of the following statements is not valid when a squirrel 52. The phase angle of a series RL circuit is the angle between the
cage induction motor operates under no-load? ___ phasor and the ____phasor.
A. Rotor induced emf is low C. Rotor current is low A. resistance, impedance *
B. Power factor is low D. Slip is low * B. inductive reactance, impedance
C. resistance, inductive reactance
39. A central generating station has an annual factor report as D. resistance, inductance
follows: Plant capacity factor = 50%; Load factor = 60%; Use
factor = 45%; Reserved = 10.5 MW. Determine the rated 53. Determine the value of torque established by the armature of a
capacity of the station. 4-pole motor having 774 conductors, wave wound, 2,400,000
A. 63 MW * C. 72 MW lines of flux per pole, when the total armature current is 50 A.
B. 65 kW D. 68 MW A. 296 N-m * C. 288 N-m
B. 284 N-m D. 292 N-m

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54. Over or under compounding of a dc generator is achieved by __ 68. Which of the following capacitors has relatively shorter life?
A. connecting it as long shunt A. Mica capacitor C. Electrolytic capacitor *
B. connecting it as short shunt B. Ceramic capacitor D. Paper capacitor
C. shunting more or less current from the shunt field
D. shunting more or less current from the series field * 69. A load of 6 kW is supplied by an autotransformer at 120 V and
at unity pf. If the primary voltage is 240 V, determine the power
55. A 3-phase, 60-Hz, 550-V transmission line is 320 km long. The conducted.
line inductance is 1.0 mH/km per phase and its capacitance is A. 3 kW * C. 2.5 kW
0.012 F/km/phase. Assume a lossless line. Determine the B. 4.5 kW D. 2 kW
surge impedance loading
A. 1024 MW C. 1048 MW * 70. When a power plant is not able to meet the demand of
B. 1096 MW D. 1056 MW consumers it will resort to ____.
A. load shedding *
56. Two 100-W, 200-V lamps are connected in series across a 200-V B. efficient plant operation
supply. The total power consumed by each lamp will be C. power factor improvement at the generator
____watts. D. penalizing high load consumers by increasing the charges
A. 25 * C. 50
B. 100 D. 200 71. A 7.5 kW single-phase inverted converter operates from a 240-V
dc source. Assuming full load efficiency of 91% and a load
57. A 5-MVA, 3-phase, 6.6 kV, alternator has an internal reactance power factor of 0.83, calculate the slip ring voltage.
of 6% based on its rating. Find the reactance per phase of the A. 169.7 V * C. 138.6 V
limiting reactor if the steady apparent power (MVA) on short B. 317.7 V D. 339.4 V
circuit is not to exceed 5 times the full load value.
A. 2.41  C. 1.24  72. What is ampacity of #10 AWG wire?
B. 1.22  * D. 2.12  A. 30 A * C. 25 A
B. 40 A D. 50 A
58. Which of the following distribution systems is preferred for good
efficiency and high economy? 73. A current of 10 amperes at a power factor of 0.8 lagging is taken
A. Single-phase, 2-wire system C. 2-phase, 3-wire system from 250 V ac supply. The reactive power is ____.
B. 3-phase, 3-wire system D. 3-phase, 4-wire * A. 2000 watts C. 2000 VAR
B. 1500 watts D. 1500 VAR *
59. A voltmeter has a resistance of 100  and measures a voltage of
10 V for full scale deflection. Determine the series resistance 74. An alternating current whose average value is 1 A will produce
required to extend the range to 100 volts. ___ 1 A dc under similar circumstances.
A. 990 ohms C. 950 ohms A. less heat than * C. more heat than
B. 900 ohms * D. 1100 ohms B. the same heat as D. none of these

60. The relative speed between stator and rotor fluxes is equal to __ 75. Calculate the pitch factor for an alternator winding with 36 slots,
A. synchronous speed, NS C. rotor speed, N 4-poles, and coil span of 1 to 8.
B. NS – N D. zero * A. 0.9563 C. 0.9396 *
B. 0.9612 D. 0.9659
61. A 60-cycle synchronous motor is coupled to and drives a 50-
cycle alternator. At what speed does the motor-generator 76. Which of the following power stations is mainly used to cover
operate? peak load on the system?
A. 400 rpm C. 500 rpm A. Coal based thermal power plant
B. 300 rpm D. 600 rpm * B. Nuclear power plants
C. Gas based thermal power plant
62. The power to be measured for a balanced delta-connected load D. Pumped storage hydroelectric power plant *
whose terminals cannot be opened. How many wattmeters do
you need? 77. A 3-phase balanced load draws 10 kVA at 60% pf lagging from a
A. four C. one source of 220 V. It is in parallel with a balanced delta load
B. two * D. three having 16 ohms resistance and 12 ohms capacitive reactance in
series in each phase. Determine total line current drawn.
63. Suppose that the consumption of energy in a certain country has A. 29.3 A C. 35.1 A
a growth rate of 4% per year. In how many years will the B. 32.4 A * D. 38.2 A
energy consumption be tripled?
A. 29.45 years C. 24.47 years * 78. Device Number 50 is ____.
B. 34.66 years D. 42.63 years A. instantaneous overcurrent relay *
B. overvoltage relay
64. The material used for the manufacture of ground wire is ___. C. reverse phase relay
A. galvanized steel * C. aluminum D. differential protective relay
B. copper D. stainless steel
79. Each of the 19 strands of a copper cable has a diameter of 59
65. A parallel plate air capacitor has plates 1.5 m 2 in area, spaced mils. Calculate the resistance of a mile length of such cable at a
0.80 mm apart. It is charged to 1,200 V potential difference. temperature of 20C.
What energy does it contain? A. 0.827  * C. 0.585 
A. 0.014 J C. 0.012 J * B. 1.209  D. 1.333 
B. 0.018 J D. 0.016 J
80. The filament of an electric bulb is made of _____.
66. A device commonly used for remote switching of high current A. carbon C. aluminum
circuits is ____. B. tungsten * D. manganin
A. a solenoid C. an electromagnet
B. a potentiometer D. a relay * 81. In a short circuit analysis, the bases chosen are: 34.5 kV and
100 MVA. What is the impedance base?
67. A 3-phase, 3-wire transmission line has an impedance per wire A. 11.9 ohms * C. 23.8 ohms
of 3 + j7 ohms, the receiving end load is 1950 kW, 0.65 pf B. 7.5 ohms D. 5 ohms
lagging with the line voltage of 13,200 V. Solve the efficiency of
the line. 82. When luminaires direct 90 to 100% of their output upward is
A. 92.64% * C. 95.21% considered ___.
B. 90.24% D. 93.05% A. indirect lighting * C. local lighting
B. direct lighting D. general diffuse lighting

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83. The input to an industrial plant is 1440 kW at a pf of 0.6 lagging. 96. A series circuit consists of a 30-ohm resistor, a 0.104-henry
It is desired to connect a synchronous motor that operates at a inductor and a 40-F capacitor. If a variable frequency 120-volt
leading pf of 0.8 to the power mains and have it correct the source is connected across its terminals, determine the voltage
over-all pf to 0.9. Determine the power input to the synchronous across the capacitor at resonance condition.
motor. A. 210 V C. 120 V
A. 965 kW C. 990 kW * B. 204 V * D. 60 V
B. 940 kW D. 920 kW
97. Electric field intensity is measured in ____.
84. In symmetrical components, evaluate (1  a)2 /(1  a)2 . A. volts/meter * C. newton-meter
B. newton/meter D. volt-meter
A. 8/-180° C. 1.5/30°
B. 1.5/-30° D. 3/180° *
98. Two coils have inductance of 4 mH and 9 mH and coefficient of
coupling is 0.50. If the two coils are connected in series
85. In a load duration curve for an integrated power system, the
opposing, the total inductance will be ____.
uppermost crest represents the energy contributed by which of
A. 10 mH C. 9 mH
the following?
B. 8 mH D. 7 mH *
A. Base load plants
B. Major thermal stations
99. The function of the economizer is to ____.
C. Peaking hydro or gas turbine stations
A. heat up the incoming water with exhaust steam
D. Non-conventional power stations *
B. heat up the pulverized fuel by exhaust gases
C. heat up the incoming air by exhaust gases
86. Three similar resistors are connected in star across a 400-V, 3-
D. heat up the incoming water by exhaust gases *
phase supply. The line current is 5 A. To what value should the
line voltage be changed to obtain the same line current with the
100. A 15-hp, 200-V, dc shunt motor has an efficiency of 85% at
resistors delta-connected?
rated load. The armature and field resistances are 0.25 and 100
A. 115 V C. 128 V
ohms, respectively. Determine the starting resistance such that
B. 121 V D. 133 V *
the starting armature current does not exceed 150% of the full
load current.
87. Device Number 79 is ____.
A. 2.56  C. 1.21 
A. ac reclosing relay * C. ground detector relay
B. 1.84  * D. 2.82 
B. power directional relay D. undervoltage relay
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88. A room 12.2 m by 6.1m is illuminated by twelve 300 W lamps
each having a mean spherical candle power of 340. Taking the
AFTER THE EXAM, SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONNAIRES AND YOUR
coefficient of utilization to be 0.45 and depreciation factor 0.769.
ANSHER SHEET. IT WILL BE RETURN TO YOU NEXT WEEK,
Find the average illumination.
TOGETHER WITH YOUR SCORE AFTER CHECKING THEM…
A. 238 lux * C. 212 lux
B. 224 lux D. 233 lux

89. Skin effect exists in ____.

A. cable carrying dc current
B. dc transmission line only
C. ac transmission line only *
D. dc as well as ac transmission lines

90. The hysteresis loss in a 6.6 kV, 60 Hz transformer is 480 W.

What will be the loss when the transformer is connected to a 6.9
kV, 40 Hz source?
A. 634 watts C. 657 watts *
B. 684 watts D. 674 watts

91. A substance whose molecules consist of dissimilar atoms is

called
A. semi-conductor C. super-conductor
B. compound * D. insulator

92. An 8-pole simplex wave connected dc generator has 1000

armature conductors and flux per pole of 0.035 Wb. At what
speed must it be driven to generate 500 V?
A. 214 rpm * C. 220 rpm
B. 218 rpm D. 216 rpm

93. The main purpose of using core in a transformer is to ___.

A. decrease iron losses
B. prevent eddy current loss
C. eliminate magnetic hysteresis loss
D. decrease reluctance of the magnetic circuit *

94. An industrial consumer has a load pattern of 2,000 kW 0.8 lag pf

for 12 hours and 1,000 kW unity pf for 12 hours. The load factor
is _____.
A. 0.50 C. 0.60
B. 0.75 * D. 2.0

95. A synchronous converter delivers 500 A direct current. Assuming

100% efficiency and unity power factor, determine the ac slip
ring current if the converter has three rings?
A. 472 A * C. 707 A
B. 236 A D. 118 A

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